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ART IS AWESOME!!!

We hope you enjoyed last weeks project with Norman Rockwell and now you are ready for a really fun assignment in week 2!

Artist:  WAYNE THIEBAUD

Imagine your very favorite treat.  Could you paint a picture of it?

Wayne Thiebaud is an artist best-known for his paintings of colorful yummy food.

He worked as a commercial artist in advertising and for a short time he was a cartoonist for Walt Disney Studios.   He also painted landscapes but is most well known for his paintings of pies, cakes, pastries, toys, and machines. 

This style of art is known as Pop Art and was very popular in the 1960's, but Thiebaud considered himself "just an old fashioned painter."

Thiebaud also taught in colleges and universities in California.  

His work inspired other artists to look at common objects in new ways.

Project materials:

paper

pencil

watercolor paints and brush

choice of food extracts or flavorings like vanilla, peppermint, or almond

choice of flavored powder mixes like jello or koolaid

sprinkles

Project:

On a sheet of paper, draw your favorite treat.  Draw it large enough to fill most of the paper.  Keep the shapes simple

Fill several different containers with water for painting.  Put a different flavoring or mix into each container.  Add a drop of vanilla to one, a drop of mint to the next a spoonful of jello to another and so on.  Enjoy the smells!  What treats do they remind you of?

Use watercolors mixed with the scented waters to paint your drawing. But DON"T DRINK! :)

After the painting is finished and completely dry, glue on sprinkles to decorate

Here are some projects by members of our Young at Art team

Levi - Age 9

"Cookie Yummy" - Kellan - Age4

Emmett - Age 6

"Together Forever" - Miles - Age 10

"Gumballs and a donut" - Paden - Age 7

Aubrey - Age 12

We hope you have fun with this project!  

Besides your favorite treat, look around at other objects

and find other things you can draw and paint.  Notice shapes and 

notice colors.

We would love to see your projects!!

Bonus Points for Parents:

Encouraging kids to do art projects helps them practice problem-solving skills and critical-thinking skills.  They discover that there can be more than one right answer and multiple points of view.

Good job parents!!

See you next week!

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Thanks for joining us for our very first week of Art is Awesome!!

This week we are learning about an artist named 

NORMAN ROCKWELL

one of the most beloved American artists.

Norman's grandfather was an English artist, Thomas Hill, who specialized in very  detailed animal drawings.  Norman's father liked to copy illustrations from magazines, and would pull up a chair for Norman to do it with him.  As a boy, Norman was very thin and awkward.  His pigeon-toed feet caused him to wear corrective shoes at the age of ten, and glasses at twelve--giving him the nickname "Moony".  Poor at sports, he found he could entertain his friends through his art.  When he was just five years old, other boys played with store-bought ships to have naval battles.  Since he couldn't afford them, Norman cut some of his own out of cardboard and painted them.  They became so popular, other boys asked him to make some for them!

He had his first paying assignment by the time he was sixteen.  By the age of nineteen he was the art director for Boy's Life magazine.  His first cover of Saturday Evening Post appeared in 1916, when he was just twenty-two.  He got the job with the help of his roommate who was already doing cartoons for the magazine.  Over the next forty years he did 321 covers for the magazine.  You can see more of his work at

www.nrm.org

PROJECT:

Design and draw your own magazine cover.  Your magazine can be about anything that interests you:  art, sports, cooking, animals, etc.

Your magazine cover should have:

Title of the magazine

Featured artwork or photo

Titles of a story or feature

Date

MATERIALS:

Any kind of paper

Crayons or colored pencils (you can even paint it if you want!)

Here are some magazine covers created by three members of our 

Young at Art team!

 Aubrey, age 12

 Levi, age 9

Emmett, age 6

We hope you enjoy learning about Norman Rockwell and we would love to see the magazine cover you create!  Email us a photo, we'd love to post it on our 

Facebook page!

BONUS POINT FOR PARENTS:

The New York Center for Arts Education lists many benefits for giving children opportunities to create art.  Just a few benefits are:

Your child learns to think creatively with an open mind

Your child learns to observe and describe, analyze and interpret

Your child practices problem-solving skills and critical thinking skills

Not bad!! 

Watch for more benefits next week!

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Why Art?

Why Art you ask?  Listen to what these folks have to say about it...

"Fostering creativity won't just increase your child's chances of becoming the next Picasso. You're also helping him develop mentally, socially, and emotionally, says Ecklund-Flores. Creating art may boost young children's ability to analyze and problem-solve in myriad ways, according to Mary Ann F. Kohl, author of Primary Art: It's the Process, Not the Product. 

As kids manipulate a paintbrush, their fine motor skills improve. By counting pieces and colors, they learn the basics of math.

 When children experiment with materials, they dabble in science. 

Most important perhaps, when kids feel good while they are creating, art helps boost self-confidence. And children who feel able to experiment and to make mistakes feel free to invent new ways of thinking, which extends well beyond the craft room."

Parents.com, Why Art and Creativity Are Important, Paula Bernstein

     Looking for a gift that encourages time "unplugged"?  A Young at Art bag makes a great educational and creative gift!  It teaches and inspires and provides the tools needed, and best of all--it all comes in a sturdy canvas bag for storing, carrying, or traveling!

Young at Art Sketch bag is great for kids 3 and older!

Young at Art Sculpture bag is great for kids 4 and older!

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"I love the books provided in the Young at Art bag that teach

children about artists and encourage the children to try different

methods and styles, just as the well-known artists did....I know from many

years in the classroom that children crave opportunities to express

themselves through art and that opportunity is so 

lacking in school these days.

Research shows that children perform so much better academically 

if they are given lots of opportunities to express themselves

through the arts."

Carolyn VandenAkker, Elementary School Teacher

Learn about Michelangelo, Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso and more!  When did they become artists?  Who encouraged them to draw?

"When I got the Young at Art bag in the mail, I immediately knew that it would be a great candidate

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and examples of their work....My children ask each morning if we can learn about

another artist and that makes me so happy!  We are learning and creating.  Most of all, my kids

are excited and proud of their work!

Thanks Young at Art!!

Amy Maze, Living and Learning At Home

How small can you make a sculpture?  What is an abstract sculpture? 

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"I have been an elementary school Art Specialist for fourteen years and really see

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them to create something beautiful that communicates emotions on a

different level.  Young at Art bags contain quality materials that are fun to use!"

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Halloween Candy Art

Candy, candy, candy....all that candy! We have an idea for you today that might help spare a few cavities and stomach aches by using that candy for something other than eating! Who said art has to stick with crayons, paint, and clay? Why not create art with candy and candy wrappers! Take a look at what our Young At Art crew came up with!

Make sure you save all those wrappers from your Halloween night harvest! See what candy art you can create and be sure to email pictures of your master piece to us so we can add it our gallery!

We found some more inspiration online for all you artists. This also includes you teenage artists! There are some pretty incredible things you can make with candy wrappers! Check it out!

https://www.babble.com/crafts-activities/10-awesome-projects-using-candy-wrappers/

http://craftingagreenworld.com/2015/05/22/20-candy-wrapper-crafts/

***Stay tuned for new Young At Art bag Holiday pricing coming in November!!***

What's It All About?

     Since we have a few new readers to our blog, we would like to take just a minute to share again what Young at Art is all about.
     A little over two years ago, we had something happen in our family that changed our lives forever.  Our ninth grandchild was very unexpectedly born thirteen weeks early and came into this world weighing 1 lb. 6 oz.   There was great concern, not only for his life, but also for our daughter's life.  Thankfully, Jodee began to improve soon after the birth, but our little guy was in for a long rough road.  
     At the age of one week, he was lifeflighted to Primary Children's Hospital where he would undergo more than one surgery and spend the first six months of his life.  After a short 3 months home, he was back in the hospital for more surgery and then spent the next four months in a rehabilitation center.
     The good news is--he has made incredible progress over the last two years and the
prognosis is that in another year or two he will be equal to others in his age group!!
SO much to be thankful for!!

     So--what does that have to do with Young at Art?  About the time this little guy was born, we had been pondering what we could do for a type of "give back" project.  Art had become a big part of our lives as Dan was developing his career doing contemporary metal sculpture.  Well, life kind of came to a standstill with the birth of this baby.  Our world now centered around helping to take care of his three older brothers,  trying to support our daughter and son-in-law, and lots of visits to the hospital.
     Primary Children's Hospital is truly an amazing place and the doctors and nurses there are truly amazing people.  You can't help but become attached to them--because they are so attached to the children.  
     It didn't take us too long to put two and two together.  We wanted a "give back" project that would involve art and would involve giving back to the hospital.  We wanted to come up with something that all children would enjoy and learn from, but could also be given to a child who might be in need of a little break from hurting and suffering and could use some inspiration and fun.
     
     This became Young at Art.  We created a bag and an art book.  The book tells of six master artists and has an assignment for the child to do after each artist.  It also includes a sketch pad, crayons, markers, and colored pencils.

     We decided that for every bag we would sell, we would donate one to either a hospital or a shelter.  

     Our family became a part of it too.  Our grandkids drew stick figure pictures of themselves which became our logo.

     So far, we have been able to donate bags to Primary Children's Hospital, Shriner's Hospital, and two shelters.

  
     This year we created our second bag which focuses on sculpture.  The book tells of more master artists and again has an assignment after each artist.  It includes a sketch pad, modeling clay, popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, and foil.

     We have great hopes and dreams of being able to do much, much more.  Art is a great blessing in our lives.  We love that our grandkids consider themselves artists and have a great time with their art bags.  They are well on their way of becoming great artists and art appreciators!  Besides bringing joy, we have learned much over the last year about how beneficial art can be to help all children learn in many different ways and in different areas.  We agree totally with all of it.  But mostly, we just think art is FUN!

     It has truly been a joy to see how anxious the hospitals have been to receive the bags and are so willing to take as much as we can give them.  Primary Children's Hospital has a "school room" where patients can go, when they feel up to it, to try to keep up on their school work.  We know the bags are put to good use there.      
     
     We hope you will consider Young at Art bags as you begin your holiday shopping this year.  When you purchase a bag to give to someone you love, then we can give one to a child in need.  It's a win-win situation! We invite you to be apart of our blog, like us on Facebook, visit our website, our Etsy shop, and to contact us at any time if you have any questions.  
    

     A very big THANK YOU to all of you who have helped and supported our family in so many different ways!!

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Young At Art Bag Review

A local elementary school art teacher was kind enough to take a look at our art bag and share her thoughts with us. She even included a drawing that she did using the art supplies in the bag! Thank you Peggy for taking the time to review our bag and for sharing your talent with us!

"I love Young at Art and its mission to inspire young artists. I have been an elementary school Art Specialist for fourteen years and really see the importance of art in children's lives. 

Art allows a child to take things they learn like math, science, history, and language arts and use them to create something beautiful that communicates emotions on a different level. 

The Young at Art bag contains quality materials that are fun to use. The book included in the bag relates interesting facts about master artists in language that is easy for kids to understand, and the assignments that follow each artist are fun and age-appropriate.

Thank you, Young at Art!

Sincerely, Peggy Cousineau